OPTIMAL-STATE IMAGE PICKUP CAMERA

摘要

An electronic camera comprises search means for sequentially capturing and analyzing a monitor image for an object and for sequentially determining whether or not a figure of a specified form representing a print/picture image is included in the monitor image, and memory means, responsive to determination that the figure is included in the monitor image, for storing the monitor image including the figure as a candidate for the print/picture image. The recognition rate of characters in a stored monitor image is used as a quality metric of the stored image. Another quality metric is the size of a while rectemgle in the image.